The Little Book of Hygge, toddlers, and relaxation
The Danish concept of "hygge" is having a moment. Much like the Norwegian "koselig," it is an elevated vision of coziness, which is key to enjoying …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Weekly relationship priorities
In my TED talk (almost to 2 million views!), I suggest people make priority lists for the next week on Friday afternoons. I also suggest …Read More
Reading Virginia Woolf at a wrestling meet
I spent Saturday morning as I have many a wintry Saturday morning this year: driving to a wrestling meet in some new corner of Pennsylvania. …Read More
How to end an email (if you want a reply)
How do you end your emails? It turns out some closers are more likely to get a response than others. Boomerang, an email app that allows …Read More
Why time flies
As part of writing Off the Clock, I've been reading a lot of literature on time. Robert Grudin's Time and the Art of Living came …Read More
Forward motion in hurry-up-and-wait jobs
Some jobs operate on a predictable rhythm. Meetings and phone calls get scheduled in advance. You know roughly what the "hard landscape" of your day …Read More
Opening a new spreadsheet
I started tracking my time continuously in April of 2015. There was no one event that precipitated it. I'd had a baby in January, and …Read More
One way to enjoy winter
I spent this past weekend in Tremblant in Canada (about 90 minutes from Montreal). The older three children and I tagged along with my husband, …Read More
Something is better than nothing
Today is one of those days where it's been challenging to maintain good habits. I try to run most days, and I try to blog …Read More
A January miscellany post
We are mostly back on the mend here. The toddler got the stomach bug this weekend while I was in California, and then my husband …Read More